In May 2017 Chardine won the British LGBT Award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to LGBT+ life’.

Chardine is also the founder of Black Girl’s Picnic, a movement in collective self care for Black women and girls, and Stop Rainbow Racism which works to stop racist performances in LGBTQ venues.

As a writer, educator and commentator Chardine uses music, art and fashion history to instigate socio-political analysis. She often lectures and facilitates workshops on topics such as Black / Working Class feminism, Black Queer identities, Afrofuturism, music subculture histories and Black involvement in the esoteric, weird and downright bizarre!

Chardine is also a board member for the Museum of Homelessness and Duckie Youth.

Current project!Missing Words: Black women in British Youth Subcultures
The Story of Black Britain is often told through the genres of Reggae, Hip Hop, Jungle and Grime. But what of those who walked a different musical path? Those Black British women who became Teds, Mods, Rockabillies, Punks and even Goths! Combining the history of British youth culture and Black Feminist theory, Missing Words tells an alternative story of Black British identity and the creation of multicultural Britain as we see it today!
Chardine aims for this to be her first book and you can support it’s development through her Patreon!